Ship-protector.



A. DROHOMIREZKI.

SHIP PROTECTOR, APPLICATIONY npsnw wv. 19.1911.

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tn'rnp lAiNTON DROHOMIREZKI, 0F DETRGI'I; MICHIGAN.

SHIP-PROTECTOR.

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Application filed November 19, 1917. Serial No. 202,807.

"provide a device to be carried by ships for protecting the same against oncoming torpedoes' the device being adjustable for positloningso as to. offer no obstruction to the ship while docking and very little obstruc- 1 tion to the travel. of the ship through the water.

A further object is to provide a protector for ships hulls that is light in weight, easy to manufacture and quickly installed upon a ship, and which will serve, when in operative position, to intercept a torpedo in its travel alrlid prevent the same striking the hull of the s 1p.

A still further object is the provision of a shielding member for ships hulls arranged for catching torpedoes, adjustable to an inoperative position when not in use and tiltable to different inclinations when desired, for presenting different forms of engaging surfaces to the oncoming torpedoes.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and in which like designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevational view of a portion of the same, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion thereof.

My protector is adaptable for installation upon the hull of any form of ship and is herein illustrated in connection with a ship 10 having a hull 11 provided with a deck 12, a cabin 13 being posltioned upon the deck, a

pilot house 14, funnels 15 and a wireless out- Most encounters with the torpedoes of submarines being from opposite sides of the hull, a screen 17 having upright posts 18 is swin ingly suspended from the outer edge 19 0 an overhanging ledge or plate 20 projecting from opposite sides of the deck 12. Chains 21 are connected between the posts 18 thereby forming substantially rectangu the surface of the water.

lar meshes adapted'to receive torpedo for holding the same against striking the'lihll '11. The meshes of the screen 17 are of s'uitablefsize for preventing a torpedo from pass ing therethrough, and one of the screens is positioned ateach side'of'the hull andextends above and below the water line foriritercepting a torpedo 'traveling well below The screens 17 normally depend vertically as best illustrated in Fig. 2 of thefdrawing and a plurality of shifti1'1glevers22 is an ranged for each screen 17, pivoted to ra cks 23 upon the plates 20 and extending through perforations 24 in the plates for pivotal connection by means of links 25 with a longitudinally extending bar 26 carried by each of the screens 17. Retainers 27 are provided for the levers 22 for engaging the rack 23 when the levers are suitably adjusted for positioning the screen 17 as found desirable. The bars 26 are secured to lugs 29 upon spaced ones of said posts 18, while the intermediate posts are only connected by the chains 21.

By moving the levers 22 outwardly, the screen 17 will be swung inwardly with the lower curved ends 28 of the posts 18 engaging the adjacent side of the hull 11 as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The screen 17 still affords a protection for the hull 11 when so positioned inwardly, but is so positioned ordinarily to permit the ship 10 to approach-in close proximity to a wharf or landing, at which times the plates 20 are also serviceable in loading and unloading the cargo. By moving the levers 22 inwardly, the screens 17 will be forced outwardly and it will be seen that when the screens are inclined in either direction, they will depend a lesser distance beneath the surface of the water, but will position the chains 21 and bars 26 in closer vertical spaced relations, a torpedo being readily caught and held by the screens when so positioned.

The screens 17 whether operatively or inoperatively arranged present only sllght obstruction to the movement of the ship through the water. The sailors upon the deck 12 may readily shift the screens 17 to desired positions by means of the levers 22 1. A ship protector comprising outwardly;

copies of this patent may b obtained for projecting plates carried bythe deck of the ship, screens swingingly depending from the outer edges of the plates having open meshes adapted for receiving and holding torpe- 1 does, adjusting levers pivoted through said plates operable from points thereabove, and

link connections between the said levers and screen.

2. A protector for ships hulls comprising oppositely arranged plates outwardly projecting from the hull of a ship upon the level'of the deck thereofand provided with perforations, spaced posts hinged to the "outer edges of the plates, a plurality of conmovement of the levers inwardly inclines the said posts with their lower ends engaging the sides of the hull, and adjustment retaining means for the said levers.

3. A protector for ships comprising an outwardly projecting plate carried adjacent the top of the hull, a plurality of posts pivotally depending from the outer edge of the plate, flexible spacing connections between the said posts forming torpedo receiving meshes between the connections and posts, inwardly projecting lugs carried by widely separated ones of said posts, a bar extending through said lugs positioned between the posts and the adjacent side of the hull, ad justing levers pivoted through said plate and links hinged to the lower ends of said levers and having pivotal connections with the bar adjacent said lugs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ANTON DROHOMIREZKI.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

